Healthy milk
RANKED: The healthiest milk and milk alternatives for you By Lydia Ramsey and Hollis Johnson From Business Insider We’ve all been there: You get to the front of the coffee line, and you still haven’t settled on what milk you…
Bar-S Chicken & Pork hotdogs recall
From Fosters Food Fair Foster’s Food Fair – IGA would like to announce that Bar-S Foods Company, an Altus, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 372,684 pounds of chicken and pork hot dog and corn dog products that may be adulterated…
Recipe of the week
Everything you need to know to buy better shrimp By Dan Nosowitz From Serious Eats [Photograph: Vicky Wasik] Shrimp has been the most popular seafood in the US for years—it represents more than a quarter of the seafood eaten in…
Puerto Rico’s First Lady promotes community gardens, starting with her backyard
By Julie Wright, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Caribbean Puerto Rico’s First Lady is a big fan of the home garden, and actually, the garden at the governor’s mansion, called La Fortaleza, is part of USDA’s national garden movement. First Lady…
USDA reaches out to farmers with sweet conservation incentives
By Julie Wright, NRCS Caribbean Area From USDA Pineapples are emerging again as a popular farming enterprise in Puerto Rico because of a new variety that packs more sweetness and boasts stronger harvests. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is working…
UPDATE: Ordinary Russians are furious about Putin’s new food sanctions/Putin retaliates against sanctions with food-import limits
Ordinary Russians are furious about Putin’s new food sanctions By Rob Wile And Elena Holodny From Business Insider On Thursday we learned Russia will ban the imports of meat, dairy, fruit, and some vegetable products from the West. Combined with…
USDA Wildlife Services should end indiscriminate killing (Op-Ed)
By Zack Strong, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) From Live Science Zack Strong is an NRDC wildlife advocate in Bozeman, Mont. This op-ed was adapted from one that appeared on The Wildlife News. Strong contributed this article to Live Science’s…